From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19964 invoked by uid 1002); 21 Oct 2003 12:30:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 31088 invoked from network); 21 Oct 2003 12:30:11 -0000 From: Paul de Vrieze To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:29:16 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <200310200310.07424.luke-jr@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200310200310.07424.luke-jr@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="shift_jis" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200310211429.47438.pauldv@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] i18n herd X-Archives-Salt: 3c9b24ce-5f59-4ccf-9a07-b7c6c23f404b X-Archives-Hash: 4641f7474c742fe3534fb8bd17767748 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 20 October 2003 05:10, Luke-Jr wrote: > > > > a) Creating a general i18n herd for all i18n-related packages (the cjk > > herd could probably be merged into that). > > I'd much rather a m17n herd to focus on having all the languages work at > once... i18n is pretty undesirable, IMO, since it makes systems different. What is m17n? If it is about internationalisation it makes sense to include= it=20 in the project, but I leave that to the people who are going to do the work. > > > b) Creating specialized herds for each region/language group - ie. > > middle-east, cjk, anything else? > > That probably makes more sense since such stuff could probably be handled > better by those who understand the language. But then, some packages > involve every language so it might get a bit messy... That's why I suggested creating a project for all, and having herds for=20 specific languages. Many issues are similar for any language !=3D US Englis= h.=20 The XIM specification is the same for any language. However, specific IM's= =20 are often only easilly maintained by people who use it (allready because th= e=20 English docs of such things are either lacking or horrible in most cases) Paul =2D --=20 Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: pauldv@gentoo.org Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lSa5bKx5DBjWFdsRAqJTAJ4xFMgfkm6th7FMaiPkRlj474ouRwCg2RPh rvZkffenL4EMm4GCsgzpog8=3D =3DGUsl =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list